Operating mechanism for washing-machines.



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- J. B. RBMPB. I

OP ATIN MECHANISM FOR WASHING MACHINES.

PLIOATION FILED JULY 36141901.

AA! ll'l.l i 45 M To all whom it may concern:

will hereina ter more fully appear.

1 Umvsw FATE B- JACOB EDWARD REMPE, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO FRANK L SHID LER, UNE-EIGHTH TO LOU IS PAHNKE, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO WALTER G. CHILDS,

ALL OF'KANKAKEE, ILLIXOIS.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR.wASHING-MACHINES.

Be it known thatI, J ACOB EDWARD REMPE; a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Kankakee, in the county of- Kankakee and State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Operatin Mechanisms for W ashing-Machines, of w ich the following is a specification. a

This invention relates to that type of washing machines in which a revoluble pronge dasher is given a reciprocating rota motion on a vertical axis within the tub or ousing of the apparatus. And the present invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient structural formation and arrangement of the drivin mechanism in which the heavy fiy-wheel generally employed is housed in a safe and compact manner and entirely out of the way, and with which a very high speed of the fly-wheel is attained during the normal speed of the operat ing mechanism with a consequent uniform and easy 0 eration of the apparatus, all as In the accompanying aw1ngs:-Figure 1,

j is a vertical sectional elevation of a washing machine embodyin the present improve ment. Fig. 2, is a detail bottom view of the fly-wheel and its 0 )erating mechanism.

Similar numera s of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the tub or casing of the apparatus, preferably of the cylindrical form shown. Such tub has the usual hinged top or cover 2?,and closed bottom 3 surrounded by the usual marginal flange or chime 4, as shown.

5, is the stirrer arranged in the interior of the tub and consisting of a dish shaped body portion provided with a series of downwardly projecting stirrer prongs 6, and mounted by means of a non-circular central bore upon a similarly formed driving hub, hereinafter de- 8, is a vertical stirrer carrying shaft jourv Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed m 30, 1907. Serial No. 38 ,282.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

naled in the bracket bushing 9 attached to the cover 2 of'the tub, and carr ing at its lower end the hub 7 aforesaid, and at its upper end the spur pinion 10 of the driving gear.

11, is a horizontal reciprocating rack bar arranged immediatel above the to 2 of the 1'58 tub, and meshing wit i and driving t e pinion 10 aforesaid. i

12, is a vertically arran ed operat' hand lever pivoted near its mi -length to t e side of the tub 1, with its upper portion operatively connected to the rack bar 11 as shown.

13, is a horizontal pitman connected at one end by a suitable universal joint 14 with the lower end of the operating lever 12; and at the other end such pitman 1s fixedly attached an to a shaft 15 journaled in the free end of a crank arm hereinafter described.

'16 is a vertical journal stud secured centrally to the bottom of the tub, and provided with a bearing collar 17 intermediate its height as shown.

18, is a horizontally arranged fiy-Wh-eel of a diameter somewhat less than that of the tub, and located in the cavity at the underside of said tub, formed by the flange or so chime 4. Such fly-wheel is journaled on the shaft 16 above the bearing collar 17, and the bearin between the hub of the fi wheel and the collar 17 is preferably of the all type, as shown.

19, is a pinion having a fixed-connection to the fly-wheel 18, and meshing with and receiving motion from a gear wheel 20 keyed or otherwise secured on the upper end of the shaft 15 aforesaid. 99

21, is the crank arm, above referred to, 'ournaled loosely upon the journal stud 16 elow the bearing collar 17 aforesaid and provided at its outer end with a vertical tubular bearing for the shaft 15 aforesaid.

In the operation of the above described fiy-whcel mechanism, the ear wheel 20 ha an orbital travei around t c axis of revolution of the crank arm 21, and being held from rotation on its own axis by a rigid conrec nection to the pitman 13 is ada ted to inrpart to the pinion 19'and to the y-wheei IS a high speed adapted to render the operation of the other portions of the mechanism easy and uniform.

Having thus fully described my said invention what'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In an operating mechanism for washing machines, a sup ort 3 a' spider attached to 5 the underside 0 said 511' port and provided with a depending journa stud, a horizontal fly wheel JOUITlfi-lfid on said stud, an operat-' ing leYer, intermediate gearing between said lever and the fly wheel for imparting in 10 creased speed thereto, the seine comprising a pinion carried by the fly vheel a crank arm iournaled on the aforesaid ournal stud beo'w the fly wheel, a shaft journaled in the the upper end of said shaft and in .nesh with the pinion of the ii avheel, a pitman connect-ion at the lower end of said shaft and a pitman connected to said pitman connection and to the operating lever aforesaid, substantiallv as .set forth.

Signe at Kankmkee, Illinois, this 24 day of July, 1907. 1

JACOB ED\\' ARD REMPE. 'itnesses:

W. BIPDUBHAM, F. L. Surnm' outer end of said czamk arm, a gear wheel on 

